Thursday Evenings at Tilopa

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Thursday Evenings at Tilopa

When Thursdays 7:00 – 8:30pm
Where Tilopa Buddhist Centre
Teacher Gen Kelsang Delek

Stop by before class for a delicious light supper at our World Peace Cafe (anytime after 6:15). Enjoy delicious homemade soup and grilled cheese for only $4.00.

Classes are suitable for both beginners and experienced meditators. Everyone is welcome. During the classes the teacher will explain how to meditate and will give practical instructions on how to use meditation, and Buddhist understanding to reduce stress and other problems encountered in daily life. The classes are self-contained so you can drop in any week.

Upcoming Class Topics:

The Buddhist Way of Life
Apr 5 A daily practice: non-harmfulness, kindness, and compassion

Inspiring Solutions for Difficult Times

This series of talks and meditations shows us how to transform adverse conditions into the spiritual path. This practice is vital since we are constantly surrounded by difficulties, like a candle flame exposed to the wind, blown first from this direction, then from that.

There is no way of avoiding difficult situations, but if we can change our attitude towards them they will no longer be problems for us. Instead of allowing adversities to make us unhappy and discouraged we can use them to enhance our experience of the spiritual path, and thereby maintain a pure and peaceful mind all the time.

April 12 Learning to surf - how to ride the waves of life
April 19 Life as a teacher - learning from everything and everyone
April 26 Why Me? Understanding the play of karma
May 3 A prison of our own making
May 10 It is what it is
May 17 Taking away suffering and giving happiness

The Six Perfections

Six essential spiritual practices that we can integrate into our daily life and practice wherever we are and whatever we are doing. They lead us along the path to enlightenment and, combined with compassion, become part of the Bodhisattva’s way of life.

May 24 Giving – creating inner and outer wealth
May 31 Taming the wild elephant – the practice of watching & guarding our mind
June 7 The insanity of anger, the beauty of patience
June 14 Energy for change – conquering laziness, procrastination, and discouragement
June 21 Pacifying our distractions – learning to quiet our mind
June 28 Wisdom – cultivating our inner wisdom and clarity

Cost* $10 per class, $40 for 5 classes. Free for Centre Card holders.

For More Information please Contact:
Tilopa Buddhist Centre
1829 Victoria Diversion
Vancouver BC
V5N 2K2
Tel: 604.221.2271
http://tilopa.org/